Wick-holder for oil-stoves.



J. P. BITTLE. WIOK HOLDER FOR OIL STOVES.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.3

Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

msww-w INVENTOI? ATTORNEYS JOHN F. BITT'LE,

0F LISBON,

IOWA.

WIGK-EOLDER FOR OIL-STOVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 3, 1913.

Patented Dec. 23;, 15%13.

Serial No. 793,140.

T 0 all whome't may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN F. Brr'rLn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lisbon, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, have invented a new and improved ick-Holder for Oil-Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a means for holding tubular wicks, and it especially relates to the holders for the tubular wicks of oil stoves.

The common form of a wick holder consists of a perforated cylindrical shell, the lower end of which is inturned and forms a binding over the wick, at the inside of the holder. As the wick in the old holder referred to is permanently secured in place, it cannot be renewed, so that a new holder is required to renew the wick. In my in vention a novel clamping means is provided in connection with the holder, to detachably engage the wick, so that the remnant of a burned wick may be readily removed and a new wick secured to the holder.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of ref erence indicate correspondin parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a bottom View of a wick holder embodying my invention, the view including a tubular wick; and Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

In forming the wick holder in accordance with my invention, a suitable shell 10 is provided, which may be of known form, for receiving therein a tubular wick, indicated by the letter A. In connection with the shell 10, I employ novel clamps 11, which are hingedly secured to the shell 10, at the lower edge of the latter, and extend upwardly within the wick A. I have shown three of the clamps 11, and preferably, each is of tapering form, providing a comparatively broad base for the formation of a hinge element thereon, which consists of a member 12 desirably of less width than the base of the body of the clamp 11, the said member being bent around a wire ring 13, which is secured to the lower end of the shell 10 by turning the lower edge 1 1 of the shell inwardly over the said ring. The inturned portion let is cut away as at in, to expose portions of the ring 13 and accommodate the clamp members 11.

On the side eth cs of the clamps 11, teeth or spurs 15 are produced and bent laterally at an angle to the plane of the clamp, to enter the material of the wick A, as inclicated by dotted lines at the left of Fig. 2. To release a wick from the holder, or to adjust the clamps to receive a wick, said clamps are rocked on their hinges 12 away from their clamped position, which is indicated by dotted lines at the left of Fig. 1, to a position at an angle to the shell, as indicated in full lines in both figures.

It will be obvious that with my improved holder, the remnant of a wick can be readily detached and a new wick as readily secured in place, thereby saving the expense of a new holder.

Having thus described by invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A wick holder, comprising a shell to receive the wick, and inner movable clamp members at the lower end of the holder adapted to detachably engage the lower end of a wick, said members projecting upwardly around the lower edge of the shell, at the interior, and spaced from the shell to accommodate the wick between the said members and the inner surface of the shell.

2. A wick holder, comprising a shell, and clamp means hinged to the lower end of the shell at the inside, and spaced from the shell to accommodate a wick.

3. The herein-described wick holder, comprising a shell having the lower edge thereof inturned, a ring held by the inturned edge of the shell, the said inturned edge being removed at intervals exposing portions of the ring, and clamps within the shell and spaced therefrom, the said clamps having teeth to engage the wick, and provided at the lower ends with hinge members turned In testimony whereof I have signed my about the exposed portions of the ring. name to this specification in the presence of 10 4. A wick holder, comprising a shell, and two subscribing witnesses.

clamps disposed Within the shell and hinged to the shell, at the lower end thereof, the JOHN BITTLE' said clamps tapering from the lower end itnesses:

upwardly and having teeth at opposite side J OI-IN AToHIsoN,

edges thereof, to engage a Wick. H. C. MEYERS.

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